I enjoyed the fantasy aspect of it and it had plenty of suspense.

We might find an unhealthy way to escape if given an option. I think a lot of us can relate to feeling left out, no where to turn, too loyal to those unworthy. But she remains too loyal to her mom because she believes she has to be and won't seek help. Fortunately, this gal has a great friend, loyal dog, great counselor at school, and good neighbor. It's a story about how desperate people try to get out of a bad situation only to find themselves in a worse one. Later she is in so much grief, she used her power again but it didn't bring back just a spirit but the whole body! Now she thinks it's a good idea to make money from resurrections! Things were bad before but now it gets a lot worse! Things come to a head when the abusive guy beats her and things get out of hand. Since the girl is the only one supporting the home of her, the mom, and the low life guy, she feels she has to work. The spirit warns her never to call forth anyone again. While doing one of these routine summoning, the ghost speaks to her! This has never happened. It physically hurts her so she can't hold the connection long. She can bring back a ghost of someone's family, friend, or lover and she charges a small price. She also has a gift that her mom exploits. The 16 year old was always making excuses for her mom and blaming herself or the men. This was a sad, depressing, exciting, hopeful, scary, and unique read! It was all those things and wonderful at the same time! It's about a gal that is abused and neglected by her mother and whoever her mother had as a boyfriend at the time. Now Katrell faces a choice: resign herself to poverty, or confront the darkness before it's too late. Only magic isn't free, and dark forces are coming to collect. And, warning or not, she has no intention of letting this lucrative new business go. What do ghosts know of having sleep for dinner? But when her next summoning accidentally raises someone from the dead, Katrell realizes that a live body is worth a lot more than a dead apparition.

Katrell is willing to call the ghosts on their bluff she has no choice. And it comes with a warning: STOP or there will be consequences. Money's still tight, and to complicate things, Katrell has started to draw attention. She's been able to support her unemployed mother-and Mom's deadbeat-boyfriend-of-the-week-so far, but it isn't enough. For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic as one girl's dark ability to summon the dead offers her a chance at a new life, while revealing to her an even darker future.

Bad witch burning jessica lewis